Rodrigo Duterte

Rodrigo Roa Duterte
Vice-Mayor of the City of Davao
Incumbent
Assumed office June 30, 2010
In office 1986 – June 30, 1988
Succeeded by	Sara Duterte-Carpio
Mayor of the City of Davao
In office June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2010
In office June 30, 1988 – June 30, 1998
Succeeded by	Benjamin de Guzman
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Davao City's First District
In office June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2001
Preceded by	Jesus Deruza
Succeeded by	Prospero Nograles
Personal details
Born	March 28, 1945 (1945-03-28) (age 66) Tagum City, Davao del Norte, Philippines
Website	http://www.davaocity.gov.ph

Rodrigo Roa Duterte^[1] (b. March 28, 1945 in Tagum City, Davao del Norte, Philippines^[2] is the current vice mayor of the city of Davao City, Philippines. He was first elected 1988 and reelected 1992 and 1995. In 1998, he ran for the House of Representatives and won as Congressman for the 1^st District of Davao City in Manila until 2001. In 2001, he ran again for mayor in Davao and was again elected for his fourth term. He was reelected in 2004 and in 2007.^[3] He is now the vice mayor of Davao City, with his daughter Sarah Duterte taking his place as mayor.

Political life

Under Duterte's leadership, Davao City experienced relative peace and stability, ushering an unprecedented economic boom. The city's crime rate dropped dramatically that tourism organizations in the city claim that Davao is "the most peaceful city in Southeast Asia".^[3] Duterte, who has been dubbed "The Punisher" by Time magazine,^[3] has been criticized by human rights groups and by Amnesty International for tolerating extrajudicial killings of alleged criminals allegedly by the Davao death squads.^[3][4][5][6] Duterte has always denied any direct involvement in these frequent killings.^[7]

References

1. ^ Personal Data from i-site.ph. URL last accessed 2006-10-14.
2. ^ Mayor's Bio Data from the official website of Davao City. URL last accessed 2006-10-12.
3. ^ ^{a b c d} Zabriskie, Phil: The Punisher, Time magazine (Asia edition), June 24, 2002. URL last accessed 2006-10-12.
4. ^ Amnesty International Press release ASA 35/004/2002: Philippines: Protect the community from crime - but not at the cost of human rights, July 23, 2002. URL last accessed 2006-10-12.
5. ^ Amnesty International Pacific, document ASA 35/001/2005: Philippines: Sharp rise in "vigilante" killings as human rights activist’s death remains unsolved, February 1, 2005. URL last accessed 2006-10-12.
6. ^ Amnesty International: Worldwide Appeals - Philippines: Sharp rise in 'vigilante' killings, The Wire, 35(3), April 2005. URL last accessed 2006-10-12.
7. ^ Tesiorna, Ben O.: Mayor denies giving orders to 'death squad', Sun Star (a newspaper of Davao City), July 7, 2003. URL last accessed 2006-10-12.

Persondata
Name	Duterte, Rodrigo
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Date of birth	1945-03-28
Place of birth	Leyte
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